I once shot a photo of a fireman hauling a piece of a smoldering sofa out of a house. I captioned it 'hunka-hunka burning love seat' but we had an unwritten policy against puns in hard news photos, and the substitute M.E. wouldn't overlook it. So it never ran. I'm still a little bitter. A good headline can attract readers to an barely newsworthy item.

But here is the issue. If that headline was actually submitted to Fark it would have gotten redlight. Guaranteed. No doubts. In fact, subby didn't even bother stealing the funny part of the headline but the lamest part because he wanted the green. So that is a golf-clap for him. But it takes a lot of chutzpah for the modmins to link to a headline they would never greenlight themselves.

Yeah, I thought that was a natural fit, I'm surprised they didn't work it in. Totally cool headline, guy should get a raise, especially if he can come up with these that easy. Headlines can make or break a story.

/my humble contribution was a creperie that ran afoul of city regs on the size of its sign. A city zoning official, citing the owners' hostility, had a police officer deliver the tickets. Hence, Crepes of wrath

Back when CB lingo was hot and state troopers were Smokeys (because of their hats) I had to caption a picture of a trooper's car that had gone off the road, hit a highway sign and had the sign land on its roof. The bosses wouldn't let me caption it "On Top Of Old Smokey."